BATTLE OF THE BULGE--THE NBC DOC
Better late than never. Here, in honor of our veterans, is a one-hour 1964 NBC news documentary called "The Battle Of the Bulge". It was directed by my father, Frank De Felitta, himself a veteran of the Second World War and the film remains a stirring and dynamic tribute and explanation of this significant turning point in the bloodiest war the world has ever known. As it was made for the twentieth anniversary of the battle, the film contains priceless footage of many of the significant participants in the war, including interviews with General's Omar Bradley and Anthony McAuliffe--the latter was the general who famously replied "Nuts" when told by the Germans that he had no honorable choice but to surrender to them. (Read this tale of the war here) . My father was in the Air Force and was a "troop carrier"--flying planes that dropped parachuting fighters into the battle zones. Indeed, he dropped soliders during this battle. In 1996, at the Deauville F...
